The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-13
BURNT SUGAR.
A Gront Fire In! the 'Hayemeyer Refinery
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Ngw YoRx, Jane 1.-the Immense su.
gar refinery Of tho Haveineyer Sugar Re.
fning Company, in williamsburg, neal
Green Point, waa discovered to be In
flames this morning about 1880 o'clock.
Tho spread with trighttnl rspidity, and
before 8 o'clock tho entire refinery was in
ruins.
Tho FIRE extended to tho Devoe Oil
Works, where the ilameg carried every
thing before them, and loaped next to the
stablen Of the Union Gross Town Railroad
Company. Fortunately there was tfnie to
remove tho horses to q place OF safety.
Reeves 4 Pefkina' lumber yard wan the
next to 90 up In a blszs. All was excite
ment along tho wharf. Several towboats
ut once came on the scene aud began tow.
Ing the ships that lay ut the Hayomeyer
wharf to q place Of safety In the stream.
Scarcely had this been done when tho 70.
fnery wharves fell In. II Ia not known
that any lives were lost. Ton Of tho five
hundred workmen Of the night force are
missing, but II 10 hoped that they are safe,
The entire neighborhood, which Ia com
poaed largely OF tenement houses, was In
the widest panic. The people rushed
from their quarters, but, finding thore
was time to save come Of their household
goods, began to move them to places o.
safety.
The fire extended alone tho Hunters
Point bridge, which connected Green
Point with Long Island City across New
town creek.
Shortly after 8 o'clock A. NJ. moro assist.
ance was sent for, the FIRE department hay
Ing ita hands moro than full, and the en-
tire reserve force OF Brooklyn WAS called
out. Threo alarms wero sounded. At s
A. NJ. Lock'a iron works wore in danger
and also the buildings OF the Brooklyn
Cooperage Company. Glenson's glass
works were burning at that hour. 1t Il
impossible to estimate the extent OF the
loss, but 1t will certainly exceed 81, 900, 900
The latest reports from Greenpoint stat,
TINT the fire waa confined to tho Have
meyer sugar buildings. The refinery We
Quilted and the loss will be about $500, 900
fully injured. All but two OF the mel
who were at work in the buildings wher
the FIRE broke out have been accounted for
The buildings, which covered nearl,
half an aero OF ground, were brick, an
were six. eight aud ten stories in height
The ten atory structures wero erected tly'
yesrr nso at n cost OF 100000. The con
tents, consisting Of shout $4,000 barrela Q
refined sugar, 100000 gallons Of liquid an,
valuable machinery, are q total loss. The,
were worth about $780, 600; injured 10
about half that amount. The total loe
on the buildings ia known to DO sbou
5000, 900.
Foreman Demarest states that the fir,
originated in the liquor rooms on tn
fourth floor from an explosion Of oyel
heated liquor. The tlamesspread rapidly
and the 200 men employed had barrel,
time to escape. A report was circulate
that from five to twenty-five lives wer
Loaf, but inquiry shows that now only on
one man ia missing. He is a Bohemian
and is supposed to DO on a spree some
where. The fire was got under control a
4 o'clock thia morning. The adjoinin
buildings narrowly escaped destruction.